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Introduction
What comes to your mind when you hear the word, Holy?
Or the word Holiness?
The Apostle Peter in his first epistle, 1 Peter quotes a common phrase from the book of Leviticus.
The phrase is “Be holy, for I am holy.”
This is a command from God.
Exodus 19:6 (NKJV)
And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a HOLY nation.’
These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
If God wanted His people holy, what did He expect from them?
Today we are going look at living a holy life.
For Daniel and his three friends they grew up in a world that was falling apart, but in there early childhood with King Josiah there was a ray of hope.
His life impacted at least a few in the land of Judah and God would bless his efforts.
Recap
Last week when I began the series: Remaining Holy in a Hostile World we began with the destruction of Jerusalem and Judah.
I will start back in Daniel 1:1-8 as we dig into Daniel and his three friend’s background.
God had told His people Israel to be holy as He was holy.
He wanted His people to be set apart from the other nations that were around them.
Some might look at these passages and say “Jesus,” but God had called Israel to do the same thing we are called to do, be witnesses.
Be a Light to those around us.
Yet, as we saw last week things went down hill as we studied some passages in Jeremiah.
God was trying to get their attention, but continued to sin and commit spiritual adultery with the Baals and Asherim.
Yet, between the reign of evil King Manasseh and the exile of Judah, there was King Josiah.
Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh.
King Josiah
Josiah became King in a very Hollywood style.
His father was assassinated.
Father (Amon) assassinated
Josiah becomes King at the age of 8
He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the ways of his father David, he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
When people remember us will they say that we were a person who did what was right in the sight of the LORD?
Josiah had that reputation and although he would stumble at the end, he and the reforms he did would have a result on the four young men we are studying.
Let’s look what happened in Josiah’s reign.
18 years after he becomes king (he would have been around 26 years of age) he wants to clean up the Temple and make repairs.
He sends Shephan the scribe to count the money.
They start cleaning the Temple and repairing and something happens.
“I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.”
Remember what the Word of the LORD had said by Jeremiah?
They had gone so far as to the book of the Law (the Torah) was lost in the mess of the Temple.
I hope that your Bible is not collecting dust and cobwebs, but that you are actively reading it.
He tore his clothes.
He knew they were heading to exile after hearing the Word of the LORD!
The Word of God produces action.
Josiah knew that he had sinned and that the nation had sinned and that they were all heading to destruction.
Chapter 23 shows the doer of the Word he was to be holy as God was holy.
His first thing was to have the people hear the book of the Covenant.
Read Moses!
The King humbled himself and renewed the covenant.
To keep the commandments, testimonies, and statues with all his heart and soul!
To keep the covenant!
Then he puts it into action by getting rid of the idols, the Baals, Asherahs, and every other idol and burns them outside of Jerusalem
He got rid of the priests that were sacrificing to false gods.
He gets rid of everything thing that is causing his people to stumble.
Jumping down a few verses
Takes away shrines in the high places that were still in the northern Kingdom (Israel)
Executed all the priests that were false.
The people keep the Passover.
The last time they had properly celebrated the Passover it was in the time of the judges, over a century earlier.
All this happened in his 18th year of reigning.
He took no time in repenting and reforming.
This change, had a direct impact on the upbringing of Daniel, Hannaniah, Mishael, and Azariah and their families before the exile.
They like King Josiah turned to the LORD with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their might.
They had purposed in their heart not go back to the things that Josiah had rid the land from.
Conclusion
This is a new year and many times people make New Year Resolutions, but unlike many that last a week or two, how can 2022 be a year like the 18th year of the reign of Josiah.
Maybe you need to brush off the dust and cobwebs from your Bible.
Maybe there are things or people in your life that continue to ensnare you.
You might not a Baal idol in your house, but are there things that you are placing in front of God? Can you say that you have turned to the LORD with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might?
So in 2022, be holy as God is Holy!
Be set apart for Him and His work in your life!
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